The Mexicans have a funny name for this kind of biretta, which I guess was common at one point there (naturally, I suppose). It has something to do with the kind of bonnet that women who worked with chili peppers wore. It’s funny in Spanish but I can’t remember it now.
When I suggested to some folks in my hispanic community here that I might wear my cassock and biretta some time, or my black chasuble for All Souls Day, they looked at me like I had three heads! They were more shocked than a lot of Americans are about that kind of stuff. Too bad. I can’t wait to see how they respond should I ever decide to wear them! I’ll have to teach about it some, I suppose.
I tried Casa Yusta, and the one they had was not very well made (I thought).
I have been on a mission for this for a priest friend for a couple of years. Perhaps the other hatshop or the suggestion of the Archdiocese of Toledo would be good ideas.
I believe Gammarelli carries them. I know an English priest who bought his Spanish biretta from them. If not,
1. simply bake a chocolate souffle, after thirty minutes baking time, check if done and slam the oven door very, very hard, and very, very loud!
I can’t resist this any longer: the first moment I looked at this biretta, I thought I was seeing a Tribble sitting on some futuristic looking chair out of Star Trek. And almost fell out of my own chair laughing.
Forgive me Fr. Z….
Probably one needs to have the same color of hair in order to wear one of those (gray) birettas ;-)
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And why, pray tell, do you WANT one of those?
Is that a Roman style? Is the more familiar “fin” style a vestigial version of the beretta pictured here or vice versa?
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The biretta appears to be in the Spanish style. The Archdiocese of Toledo should be able to assist.
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I don’t know where to find one, but would just like to comment that it is almost certainly black rather than gray.
Is it associated with some particular university or college? – in which case you might not be entitled to wear it.
Is is associated with a particular university or college? – in which case you might not be entitled to wear it.
I got one a few years ago from a shop called “Uniforms of Madrid”, in Madrid
Toledo used to have a good men’s hat shop, but I think it has closed.
There is a shop near the Cathedral in Madrid, which sells military and ecclesiastical uniforms, that’s your best bet, can’t remember its name.
But why do you want one? Does a non-Spaniard have a right/rite to it.
A local Anglican Church here in Brighton used to wear the Spanish birreta, for Spanish saints.
The Mexicans have a funny name for this kind of biretta, which I guess was common at one point there (naturally, I suppose). It has something to do with the kind of bonnet that women who worked with chili peppers wore. It’s funny in Spanish but I can’t remember it now.
When I suggested to some folks in my hispanic community here that I might wear my cassock and biretta some time, or my black chasuble for All Souls Day, they looked at me like I had three heads! They were more shocked than a lot of Americans are about that kind of stuff. Too bad. I can’t wait to see how they respond should I ever decide to wear them! I’ll have to teach about it some, I suppose.
Here is a picture of a child’s Mass playset with the Biretta.
Child’s Mass Set
Well, the link didn’t really work. So here it is again:
http://www.angelfire.com/space/france/images/2003/figueres/toymus.jpg
Hello, sorry for my bad English. This Spanish biretta is named BONETE FOR PRIESTS.
I know two shops:
CASA YUSTAS.
Plaza Mayor, 30. 28012 Madrid, Spain.
Phone (Spain): 91 366 50 84.
Web: http://www2.casayustas.com/
SOMBREROS CURA ARGÜESO.
Plaza Corrillo, 11. 37002 Salamanca, Spain.
Phone 923 266 783.
Web: http://www.sombrereria.net/
There is not pics from the “bonete” in this webs, but they make them on order.
Best regards from Una Voce Málaga, Spain.
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This looks like it’d be hard to hold compared to a regular biretta. I bet it’d get used a couple of times and then get lost in the sacristy closet.
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there are several such spanish bonete (in private ownership) in London. Ask long enough, Father, and someone might give you one!
Gracias, Manrique.
Thanks !
Hope your grip is good. This biretta looks mighty slippery.
I tried Casa Yusta, and the one they had was not very well made (I thought).
I have been on a mission for this for a priest friend for a couple of years. Perhaps the other hatshop or the suggestion of the Archdiocese of Toledo would be good ideas.
I believe Gammarelli carries them. I know an English priest who bought his Spanish biretta from them. If not,
1. simply bake a chocolate souffle, after thirty minutes baking time, check if done and slam the oven door very, very hard, and very, very loud!
2. attach pom-pon.
I can’t resist this any longer: the first moment I looked at this biretta, I thought I was seeing a Tribble sitting on some futuristic looking chair out of Star Trek. And almost fell out of my own chair laughing.
Forgive me Fr. Z….
Janet: That is actually pretty funny!
Probably one needs to have the same color of hair in order to wear one of those (gray) birettas ;-)